Second Reading

Fr Kevin Hegarty on Diarmuid Martin’s decision to send student priests to Rome rather than Maynooth, and the need for a proper investigation

The current refugee crisis prompts Fr Kevin Hegarty to draw parallels with the persecution of the Huguenots

Fr Kevin Hegarty on how church leaders cannot speak on justice until they address such issues in their own church

Fr Kevin Hegarty looks back at the life of suffragette, socialist and republican Kathleen Lynn, born in Mayo in 1874

In the face of the ever-declining number of priests, the Catholic Church must adapt or fail, writes Kevin Hegarty

‘The response of church leaders to the crisis has been a combination of lethargy and pious optimism that the tide will turn’

Fr Kevin Hegarty speaks about a new book, Telling The Story, about priests who served or are from the Diocese of Killala

Fr Kevin Hegarty argues that one nun’s response to the refugee crisis in the US could be emulated in Europe

The story begins with the arrival of three veiled women to Belmullet in 1894, and ends 122 years later

Fr Kevin Hegarty looks at the stained-glass works of Harry Clarke, their legacy to the art world and their presence in Mayo